Aleksandr Georgiyevich Shidlovsky (russian: Александр Георгиевич Шидловский, born 1 February 1941 in

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) is a

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player who competed for the

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in the

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and in the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972 ...

. His son

Alexandr Shidlovskiy Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Shidlovsky (Александр Александрович Шидловский; born 14 July 1974) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani water polo player. He was a member of the Kazakhstan men's national water polo team, playing ...

, became also a water polo player and competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

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* 1941 births Living people Soviet male water polo players Russian male water polo players Olympic water polo players of the Soviet Union Water polo players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in water polo Sportspeople from Moscow Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics {{USSR-waterpolo-bio-stub

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